The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1913 Page: 6 of 8
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LEXINGTON, OKLA., LEADER
Auto polo, tho newest addition In
the realm of sensational sport, will ex-
alte, thrill and entertain the people
of the southwest for four days during
the seventh annual Oklahoma Fair
knd Exposition, Oklahoma City, Sept.
S3 to Oct. 4.
Contracts have Ji^st l>een made for
•his .greatest >of all Interesting and
Sloan attractions. 'It completes the
list of Mg fealurcs that will be pre-
sented hy the management of the big
polo, aeroplanlng, football or other
hair-raising sports.
The New York World said: "Dare
devil drivers and nervy mallet wield-
ers in racing autOB furnish thrills in
a brand new game Introduced in Madi-
son Square Garden, known as Auto
(HIK
OM THE STATE
board of education in reso-
lutions opposes mc ales-
ter contracts.
SUPT. R. H. WILSON DISAGREES
Polo The drivers and players in this Say. He Fear. Act Wi.l Be Misleading
game >are among the most expert in
the country, and displayed several of
the tricks that are found effective."
The New York Telegraph said:
"Auto polo is here and with It more
dander, interest and excitement to
to the Public—Other Late
News of the State
Capital,
The Platers Must Keep In Training as Strictly as Any Prizefighter, In Order
to Stand Such Work as This.
Oklahoma City—Six members of
the State Board of Education placed
themselves on record as of the opin
ion that the school book adoptions of
1908 should be continued in use in the
schools of the state pending the final
stttlement of the school book con-
troversy before th^ supreme court. A
resolution to this effect was passed
over the objection of State Superin
tendent H. II. Wilson.
The resolution does not authorize
the use of the 1908 books, simply stat-
ing that it is the opinion of a major-
ity of the board that they should be
continued in use. The board mem-
bers who voted for the resolution hold
to the theory that the supreme court
order in the case of W. II. Wheeler &
Co., of Chicago, which continues in
effect the primer, first, second and
third readers, that were adopted in
Btnte Fair and Exposition. It is tho
most expensive sport of any to stage.
Thig makes It an exclusive game.
Auto polo hag been indorsed hy the
leading writers and press of the big
cities of tho east. It was a feature at-
traction In 'Madison Square Garden,
Now York, In 1912, and all the papers
devoted columns to the gamo. The
CHine was described as being exciting
beyond comparison with either horse
. . J J 908 and readopted in 1912, applies to
the square Inch than can be found In | ^ o(her 190g adoptions, ThiS conten-
any other form of Bport. There is a j t(on hovvever ig djspUted by book
thrill every instant during a game and 1 men' The court order specifloaUy
an extra thrill thrown In for good
measure every other Instant."
One hundred workmen will busy
themselvtes during the month of Sep-
tember prepariug the lntield of the
raco track at tho Oklahoma State Fair
and Exposition for this climax of dan-
gerous sport.
GERMAN NEARLY LOSES BRIDE
SECURED FROM FATHERLAND BY
AD, WHO CANT SPEAK ENGLISH
to do, but managed through tho aid
of signs to secure mehls throughout
tho day, and when night came went
to the Palace hotel, gave the "sleep
sign" and secured a room for tho
night. On coming down stairs next
morning Missf Holland discovered
three gentlemen of German descent
standing near the hotel and in con-
versation with them, told them of
her predicament, and also gave them
the name of the intended bridegroom.
Tho gentlemen immediately secured
OoerU over the phone and Informed
him of the fact that Miss Holland was
in the city. Coertz came to this city
Claremore.—The Issuance of n
marriage license by the clerk of the
county court in this city to John J.
Goertz and Annie Holland, brought
to light an Interesting story.
Some two or three months ago
Johu Goertz, who had been living
alone on tho Lewis Allen farm near
the Collinsville oil fields since the
death of his wife, came to the con-
clusion that this mode of living was
too lonesome, and that the easiest
manner in which to secure another
companion was to advertise for one,
and being of German descent, natur-
ally wanted a wmpanion of the same
nationality. He, therefore, placed an
advertisement in one of tho news-
papers in Berlin, Germany, hoping
thoreby to secure the desired results.
In a few weeks Mr. Goertz received
a letter from Miss Annie Holland of
Berlin, stating that she had read the
ad. in the Berlin paper, that she
was 46 years of age, had for a num-
ber of years been living with liar
mother In that city, but, as tho lat-
ter had died a short time since, sho
was alone, and would appreciate fur-
ther particulars regarding himself,
and was not averse to a proposition
of matrimony.
Goertz immediately wrote to the
young lady, and the correspondence
quickly led up to the proposal of mar-
riage and the date was set for her to
•all to this country.
Miss Holland arrived In Claremore
expecting to meet her Intended hus-
band here, but In some manner th«>
dated had become mixed and the gen-
tleman did not put in his appear-
ance. As Miss % Holland neither
•poke nor understood the English
men. The court order specifloally
states what books shall be continued
and makes no mention of the others.
The resolution further states that
"this board has unanimously asked
the attorney gentral for advice, re-
ceived It, acted on it, and we think
it proper to follow it until the con-
troversy is finally settled by the su-
preme court," the inference being
I that the resolution was advised by the
I attorney general. It was stated at
I the attorney general's office, however,
I that the board had not been advised
to pass such a resolution.
| There is a divergence of views as
to whether the book contracts signed
ny Lieutenant Goyernor McAlester
during the time that Governor Cruce
was absent from the state, August 2,
ire valid.
If the opinion of the board is car-
ried out and the 1912 adoptions
eventually upheld, all money expend
ed for books under the 1908 adoptions
will be a financial loss. In several
cities of the state the boards of edu-
nation already have passed resolutions
declaring tho 1912 adoptions to be in
use.
"I do not agree with the action of
the board." said State Superintendent
R. H. Wilson.
"I am afraid this resolution is mis-
leading to the public at this time. I
MARKSMEN TO OAMP PERRY
Shooters from Militia Will Compete
In International Meet
Oklahoma marksmen, selected from
the ranks of the state militia during
the recent encampment at Chandler,
will compete for honors at the next
international shooting tournament, to
be held at famp Perry, Ohio, the lat-
ter part of August, which will be par-
ticipated in by the champion riflemen
and pistol shots of practically every
nation In the world.
The officers of the Oklahoma team
are: Adjutant General Frank M.
Canton, captain; Lieutenant Gus
Hadwiger of Alva, team coach; Cap-
tain Ellis Stephenson of Oklahoma
City, team spotter; Captain Winfield
Scott of Enid, range officer; Captain
ltoss Way of McAlester, range officer.
Tho men who compose the team
are: Sergeant Ray, Company I, of
Alva; Major Alley, First battalion, of
Norman; Sergeant Jarboe, Company
K, of Enid; Sergeant Frisbe, Com-
pany B, of Chandler; Lieutenant
Wheeler, Company B, of Chandler;
Sergeant Mann, Company I, of Alva;
Corporal Hadley, Company B, of
Chandler; Sergeant Green, Company
E, of Pawnee; Sergeant Mitchell.
Company H, of Durant; Lieutenant
Hoplains, Company A, of Tulsa; Pri-
vate Sands, Company K, of Enid;
Private Williamson, Company M, of
Oklahoma City.
Nine organizations and nine cities
are represented on the team. Camp
Perry, Ohio, where the tournament
will be held, is located on the south
slope of Lake Erie, overlooking the
water where Commodore Perry fought
his famous battle one hundred years
ago.
Availability In Prospect.
"T fear I am not worthy of you."
"Never mind about that. Between
luther and myself I imagine we can
effect the necessary improvements.—
Cnlcngo News.
Handsome li as Handsome Does.
Sanford—So you don't believe in
judging a man by his clothes?
Crabshaw—No, indeed! That's the
way we judge a woman, and look how
we get fooled!—Judge.
The Best
Beverage
under the
Sun—
THEO. GULICK DEAD.
Long-Time Resident of Muskogee and
Founder of the Old Times.
post haste, met the fair lady, secured . leaums iu v— — -
the necessary license, the "knot was 1 was very much disappointed that the
tied," and the newly-weds left for | board did not agree with me in the
the home of the groom near Collins-
ville.
Special Levy Voted
Konawa.—Konawa this year will
have a nine months term of school
as a result of the special school elec-
tion in which an additional levy was
voted. The faculty of the school this
year will be enlarged to seven mem-
bers.
Shortage Charges Dismissed
The charge of embezzlement against
Thomas Fennell of Fort Towson,
sworn to by Dr. Faught, and alleging
that Fennell was short $500 in his
accounts as treasurer of the Fort
Towson Odd Fellows lodge, has been
dismissed.
Muskogee. — Theodore W. Gulick,
commissioner of public works, died at
his home after being stricken with
paralysis. Mr. Gulick came to Mus-
kogee twenty years ago, having cele
brated the anniversary on Tuesday
of last week.
He founded the Muskogee Times, a
paper which lat r was consolidated
with the present Muskogee Times-
Democrat.
When the commission form of gov-
ernment was inaugurated in 1910, he
elected on the Democratic ticket, lead-
ing all candidates. He was made com-
missioner of public works. A short
time later he founded Gulick's Week-
ly Review, a newspaper which he
edited up to the time of his death.
Sometime ago recall petitions were
taken out against Gulick and vigor-
ously pushed. Thty resulted in dismal
failure. Mr. Gulick's term would have
txpired next April and he has betn
prominently mentioned as a candidate
for mayor.
Drink
A welcome addition to any party—
any time—any place
Sparkling with life and wholcsomenes .,
Delicious
Refreshing
Thirst-Quenching
Demand the Genuine
Refuse Substitutes.
At
Soda
Fountains
or Carbonated
in Bottici*
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, atlanta, -ca*
Whenever you Me to Arrow think of Coca-Coll.
Indian Murdered at Maud
Maud.—With a bullet wound In the
head, and lifeless, the body of Tony
Tlgor, a Seminole Indian, was found
on the tracks three miles south of
language, she was at a loss Just what | Maud.
BIG FIRES IN OKLAHOMA TOWNS
Entire Block Burned When South
Wind Fans a Costly Blaze
at Blanchard.
Blanchard. — An entire block of
wooden buildings occupied by busi-
ness houses was destroyed by I'ro here
when a blaze starting at 6 o'clock In
the morning In a restaurant owned by
g w. Moore. Fanned by a south wind
the flames spread north and could not
be checked until the entire block was
destroyed. Firemen narrowly pre-
fented the spread ot the flames to the
Tucker building across the street from
those burned. The total loss In the
blaze will aggregate about .$20,000,
with insurance of approximately
$8,000.
All the owners of the buildings de-
el royed already are making arrange-
ments to replace their structures with
brick buildings. . _ ,.
No accidents occurred during the
fire.
Fire Business Houses Burn at Perry,
With a Loss of
$5,000.
Perry,—Five business houses of
Perry, a portion of them landmarks of
the town erected Immediately follow-
ing the opening of the "strip" in 1893,
and two residences were burned to
the ground here within a period of
eight hours, the total loss from two
conflagrations being more than $20,-
000. in the business district only
heroic work on the part of the tire de*
partment prevented the destruction of
an entire block of buildings.
All of the buildings burned were of
frame construction, the lire being
checked at the Grand opera house, a
brick structure three stories In height
The high wall and fireproof roof en-
abled the firemen to prevent the fur-
ther spread of the flames, which were
fanned by a south wind.
The losses resulting fr5m the fire
will total $5,000. The origin of both
fires Is unknown.
opinion that no books should be pur-
chased except those over which there
is no objection. I toid the board that
I was preparing a statement setting
forth the books over which there is
uo dispute, as weell as those in con-
troversy, and advising the people and
the patrons of the schools to withhold
the purchase of books until after the
supreme court passed on the ques-
tion. The Oklahoma Book Company,
which is the distributing agency for
the state, is, I understand, supplied
with enough new and old books to
supply the demand when the case is
nettled."
ALL QUESTIONS ADOPTED
Constitutionality of Question No. 60
May Be Attacked
Complete returns from every county
In the state on the special election
are now in the hands of the state
election board. Tulsa county was
the last to report.
The corsplete vote shows the stand-
ing of tue different questions as fol-
lows :
Question No. 46—Yes, 59,437; no,
85,115.
Question No. 47—Yes, 73,345; no,
21,559.
Question No. 57—Yes, 63,330; no,
30,295.
Question No. 58—Yes, 50,634; bo,
39,690.
Question No. 60—Yes, 67,067; no,
25,047.
| Complete returns were canvassed
' by the board and the result certified
to the governor. It is expected that
at least one of the questions will be
contested, that being question No. 60,
reducing the size of the state board
of agriculture.
The board will attack the constitu-
tionality of the measure on account
of the fact that the resolution author-
izing the referendum on the question
was not passed within the forty days
prior to the election, as required un-
der a constitutional provision. The
resolution, according to the records
in the office of the secretary of state,
show the resolution was passed by
the legislature thirty-eight days be-
fore tho election.
NO LIBERTY FOR SLAYER.
Updikt Is Arrested After Writ Is
Secured; Other Prisoners
Are Freed.
McAlester.—Bert Updike, nephew of
former Governor Charles N. Haskell,
was arrested on an alias warrant from
Oklahoma county on a charge of mur-
dering A. O. Christianson when he
was released from the Oklahoma State
penitentiary through habeas corpus
proceedings brought to legalize a par-
don granted two weeks ago by Lieu
tenant Governor J. J. McAlester, dur-
ing the absence from the state of
Governor Lee Cruce. Updike was
serving a life sentence for killing P.
B. Anderson.
The writ of habeas corpus was
granted by District Judge P. B. Cole,
who at the same time granted writs
asked in behalf of J. W. Dobbs and
J. T. Morris, who were pardoned by
the lieutenant governor. These two
men were given their liberty.
Uncle Sam's Last Big Land Opening
1,345,000 Fertile Acres
Open to White Settlement on tho
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
MONTANA
Along Main Line of Great Northern Railway
8 406 homesteads of 160 acres each on the Fort Peck Indian Reser-
vation, located just north of the Missouri River on the ferule plains of North-
eastern Montana, will be Cpeq to white settlement.
1,345,000 acres are available—prairie land with a rich, sandy
loam soil capable of raising 20 to 30 bushels of wheat and
40 to 60 bushels of oats per acre.
Register at Glasgow, Havre or Great Fall*, Montana
Daily—September 1 to 20, inclusive
Drawing at Glasgow, September 23
These lands haye born appraised at 12.60 to 87.00 per acre, and can be
taken up uuder the United States Homestead laws.
Information FREE forfreelllus'
trated map and detailed Intorma-
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rGRIAT FALLS;
Negro Town Has Early Cotton
Boley. The first bale of cotton in
this section of Oklahoma of the 1913
crop was ginned at Iloley. the negro
town In Okfuskee county, August 13.
It was raised by 1'ayton Hall, a ne-
gro farmer, six wile* from town and
bought by Dolphin Watson Mercan-
tile con^ny of Boley at 12 cents
C(,r i.ound with premium amounting
to $112.62. It was ginned by Terry
and Young Gin company and shipped
to Fort Smith, Ark., by «pro .
His Official Introduction.
An English treasury official was
once sent over to Dublin to Inquire
Into the courts. He was received po-
litely by the late Lord Morris, the
famous Irish law lord and wit, who
said he would put him in communi-
cation with the proper person, and
rang the bell. When the elderly fe-
male who acted as court-keeper ap-
I penred, he remarked, as he left the
i room: "Mary, this Is the young man
I that's come about the coals."
New Text Books Have Arrived.
More than half of the school book
publishing houses, which secured con-
tracts from the state beard of educa-
tion in July, 1912, bJive their books In
Oklahoma ready to be placed on sale
at the opening of the school term in
September, according to information
obtained from authentic sources Sun-
day afternoon, all of which indicates
that the action of Lieutenant Gover-
nor McAlester in signing the contracts
is considered by the book companies
as legal and binding.
This action on the part of the book
men, it is also said, will protect the
patilsns of the schools from what
seemed to be a rather complicated
situation and one that threatened
financial loss. Without the 1912 con-
tracts and adoptions it la believed that
the people have no protection what-
ever, the state being without a con-
tract with any publishing houses since
the termination of the 1908 contracts,
which expired on the night of July
31, about the asme time the governor
crossed the state line on his recent
visit to Kansas City.
WANTED! THEFAMOUS]
FAULTLESS STARCH DOLLS
8flnd 6 tope from ten centpackneea of Faultier Btarob
and ten ennts in stumps (to cover postage and packing) t'
and got MinsEliaubeth Ann, 'OL Inrhea high. 1
fiend three tops from tenceit pack.
act-H and fonr cents In stnn
g «t MlssPhoobePrimm or M
White, twelve inrhes high.
tops from five cent packagoe
wish, bat twion ns many '
quired. Out this nd. r
r will be accepted In pi
one ten cent or two five
top*. Only one ad. will b
oepted with eauh application.
BEST STARCH FOR
ALL PURPOSES.
UnTCf IF YOUR GROCER DOES NOT HAVE FAULTLESS
NUTfc! STARCH SEND US HIS NAME WE WILL WRITE
HIM AND IF HE ORDERS WE WILL SEND YOU A DOLL FREE
FAULTLESS STARCH CO. &&&&'"•
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COUNTY RECORDS REMOVED.
Officials Return to New Jay, Per
Judge's Order; No
Trouble.
jay.—a portion of the records and
office equipment of Delaware county
officials were moved from old Jay to
New Jay, without trouble of any kind.
Complying with an order of District
Judge John H. l'ltchford, the county
commissioners ordered the removal of
the records.
Kills Wife and Self
Elk City.—K. Y. Jones stio< his wife
to death here and then turned his pis-
tol toward himself, blowing his brains
out. The couple had trouble some
months ago and Mrs. Jones applied for
a divorce from her husband, alleging
that he was a gambler and did not
I provide for her. After filing the suit
i Mrs. Jones moved to Clinton and had
come to Elk City to pack her house-
hold goods to move them to that city.
She was stopping here at the home
i of a frt«nd.
Selected Pickles
Nature'* finest, put up like the home-made
kind and ail your trouble saved. Thi« extra,
quality i. true of all Libby'. Pickle, and Condiment*
and there it real economy in their u e.
Spanish Olives
Every one from Seville, long famed a. the
home of the world's fcest olives. Only the pick
of the crop i. offered to you under the Libby
label. Either the Queen or Manzanilla variety
or Pimento Stuffed.
Insist on Libby'a*
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